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Dried fruit packer in existence in at least 1930.  Jenks was a packer in Oregon and an officer of the Willamette Valley Growers Association; the [http://books.google.com/books?id=lWlRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA7&ots=UOkH1nZrfE&dq=%22w.t.%20jenks%22%20san%20jose&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q=%22w.t.%20jenks%22%20san%20jose&f=false November 16, 1918 California Fruit News] describes large orders from Britain.  The San Jose packing house must have been an expansion into the Santa Clara Valley.
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Dried fruit packer in existence in at least 1930.  Jenks was a packer in Oregon and manager of the Willamette Valley Growers Association; the [http://books.google.com/books?id=lWlRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA7&ots=UOkH1nZrfE&dq=%22w.t.%20jenks%22%20san%20jose&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q=%22w.t.%20jenks%22%20san%20jose&f=false November 16, 1918 California Fruit News] describes large orders from Britain.  The San Jose packing house must have been an expansion into the Santa Clara Valley.
  
 
Charles Lewis Dick was the manager in 1929; by 1930, he had taken over the plant.
 
Charles Lewis Dick was the manager in 1929; by 1930, he had taken over the plant.

Revision as of 02:52, 8 August 2013

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose, CA
Successors

C. L. Dick Dried Fruit

Dried fruit packer in existence in at least 1930. Jenks was a packer in Oregon and manager of the Willamette Valley Growers Association; the November 16, 1918 California Fruit News describes large orders from Britain. The San Jose packing house must have been an expansion into the Santa Clara Valley.

Charles Lewis Dick was the manager in 1929; by 1930, he had taken over the plant.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1929 170 Bassett Street

Details